Fifth anniversary of No Time to Die

The most recent James Bond movie, No Time to Die, is approaching its fifth anniversary.

For many fans, it was awful.

James Bond is not supposed to be killed off.

For others, it was a wonderful film.

The ending went into new territory.

Regardless, No Time to Die camped off a five-film era with Daniel Craig as Bond.

Supposedly, Craig told Barbara Broccoli of Eon Productions in 2006 the actor wanted his era of Bond movies to conclude with Bond being killed and she concurred.

Was that real or some Eon publicity talking point? Who knows? It ended up being the official Eon storyline.

The final James Bond movie under the control of Eon was a soap opera.

There were two directors along the way, Danny Boyle and later Cary Fukunaga.

Multiple screenwriters were employed, Neil Purvis, Robert Wade, John Hodge when Boyle was attached, Scott Z. Burns uncredited, Fukunaga himself, Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

The production budget reached about $300 million.

There was also the soap opera whether Craig would return or not for a fifth Bond movie following 2015's Spectre.

Almost two years later, Craig said indeed he would be back.

There were hints this was a finale.

No Time to Die's Gun Barrel had Craig's Bond disappearing instead of the usual blood dripping effect.

Later, Felix Leiter, Jeffrey Wright got killed.

Along the way, some Bond fans got the word that Craig Bond indeed got killed.

I heard that myself before the movie came out.

The demise of Craig's Bond evoked the death of Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark Iron Man.

Craig's Bond sacrifices himself so his wife and daughter would survive.

Overall, it was definitely an ending despite the usual James Bond will return title card in the end titles.

For Eon, it was certainly an ending.

In early 2025, Eon reached an agreement with Amazon, where the latter got creative control of the film series going forward.

It remains to be seen what will happen with Amazon.

The most recent James Bond movie, No Time to Die, is approaching its fifth anniversary.

For many fans, it was awful.

James Bond is not supposed to be killed off.

For others, it was a wonderful film.

The ending went into new territory.

Regardless, No Time to Die camped off a five-film era with Daniel Craig as Bond.

Supposedly, Craig told Barbara Broccoli of Eon Productions in 2006 the actor wanted his era of Bond movies to conclude with Bond being killed and she concurred.

Was that real or some Eon publicity talking point? Who knows? It ended up being the official Eon storyline.

The final James Bond movie under the control of Eon was a soap opera.

There were two directors along the way, Danny Boyle and later Cary Fukunaga.

Multiple screenwriters were employed, Neil Purvis, Robert Wade, John Hodge when Boyle was attached, Scott Z. Burns uncredited, Fukunaga himself, Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

The production budget reached about $300 million.

There was also the soap opera whether Craig would return or not for a fifth Bond movie following 2015's Spectre.

Almost two years later, Craig said indeed he would be back.

There were hints this was a finale.

No Time to Die's Gun Barrel had Craig's Bond disappearing instead of the usual blood dripping effect.

Later, Felix Leiter, Jeffrey Wright got killed.

Along the way, some Bond fans got the word that Craig Bond indeed got killed.

I heard that myself before the movie came out.

The demise of Craig's Bond evoked the death of Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark Iron Man.

Craig's Bond sacrifices himself so his wife and daughter would survive.

Overall, it was definitely an ending despite the usual James Bond will return title card in the end titles.

For Eon, it was certainly an ending.

In early 2025, Eon reached an agreement with Amazon, where the latter got creative control of the film series going forward.

It remains to be seen what will happen with Amazon.